Table 1 Baseline characteristics and dignity score (n = 180)
From: Dignity and psychosocial related variables in elderly advanced cancer patients
Variables | n (%) | Dignity score | Statistics | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
t/f | p | ||||
Sex | Male | 98 (54) | 59.6 (8.7) | 2.587 | 0.010 |
Female | 82 (46) | 55.9 (10.5) | |||
Age (years) | 70-80 | 137 (76) | 57.8 (10.1) | −0.244 | 0.808 |
> 80 | 73 (24) | 58.2 (8.0) | |||
Marital | Married or partnered | 146 (69) | 57.8 (10.1) | 0.208 | 0.836 |
No partnered | 34 (17) | 57.2 (7.3) | |||
Educational level | Primary school or less | 112 (62) | 56.7 (9.8) | −2.152 | 0.033 |
High school or greater | 68 (38) | 59.9 (9.4) | |||
Tumor site | Broncho-pulmonary | 50 (28) | 57.4 (11.1) | 0.574 | 0.720 |
Colorectal | 28 (16) | 59.1 (9.5) | |||
Pancreas | 30 (17) | 56.2 (9.8) | |||
Breast | 4 (2) | 54.0 (9.5) | |||
Stomach | 9 (5) | 57.4 (9.8) | |||
Others | 59 (33) | 59.0 (8.6) | |||
Histology | Adenocarcinoma | 115 (64) | 57.3 (10.1) | −1.130 | 0.260 |
Others | 65 (36) | 59.0 (8.9) | |||
Stage | Locally advanced | 35 (19) | 57.9 (8.9) | −0.003 | 0.998 |
IV | 145 (81) | 57.9 (9.9) | |||
Estimated survival (months) | < 18 | 96 (53) | 56.5 (8.8) | −2.105 | 0.037 |
≥18 | 84 (47) | 59.5 (10.5) | |||
Systemic treatment | Chemoterapy (CT) | 102 (57) | 56.7 (9.6) | 2.146 | 0.062 |
CT + targeted therapy | 18 (10) | 61.1 (8.7) | |||
CT + immunotherapy | 11 (6) | 63.7 (11.0) | |||
Immunotherapy | 20 (11) | 54.9 (10.6) | |||
Targeted therapy | 9 (5) | 61.2 (7.6) | |||
Others | 20 (11) | 59.4 (9.0) | |||
Elixhauser comorbidity index | ≤4 | 58 (32) | 57.4 (9.8) | −0.481 | 0.631 |
> 4 | 122 (68) | 58.1 (9.7) | |||
ECOG | 0-1 | 162 (27) | 58.2 (9.8) | 1.119 | 0.265 |
2-3 | 18 (72.8) | 55.5 (9.1) | |||